The Chiefs have agreed to re-sign Bashaud Breeland, according to ESPN.com’s Rob Demovsky (on Twitter). Breeland will return on a one-year deal worth $4.5MM as he looked to build off of last year’s momentum.

Breeland suited up for every game for the Super Bowl champs last year, capping his season with a ring and an interception on the game’s grandest stage. It was a big turnaround for Breeland, who had a bizarre 2018. After inking a three-year, $24MM contract ($11MM guaranteed) with the Panthers, his contract was voided due to an infected foot. Then, the veteran corner had to wait until late September until he finally found a home with the Packers. Unfortunately, he was held back by a hamstring injury and was unable to really showcase himself.

All along, Breeland has said that he wanted to return to KC. He got his wish, though he had to wait until the second/third wave of free agency before securing his deal. The ongoing pandemic surely played a role in his prolonged free agency as well.

Although it’s a decent payday for Breeland, the deal is a clear win for the Chiefs, who have managed to keep another difference-maker on the roster while crossing a major item off of the to-do list ahead of the draft. After watching Kendall Fuller leave for the Redskins, the Chiefs are glad to move forward with at least one of their free agent CBs in the mix. Morris Claiborne, who appeared in eight regular season games for KC last year, remains unsigned.

10 comments on “Chiefs To Re-Sign Bashaud Breeland”

@badco44 What can you expect from a player when they are with a crappy team like the Redskins. Redskins have been “toast” for how many seasons now? He got out of there, came to a well run organization, well coached team and got himself a SB ring. Not the contract he expected or wanted but he was smart enough to settle for less with real opportunity to go to SB again. Another season like his own last season and he’ll get his “payday” after this season.

So who are the Chiefs going to drop off the team in order to pay Breeland? They only had a little less than $5M available in their salary cap and that was mostly to be used for the draft signings. So where does his $4.5M come from??? Dustin Colquitt? That would save them around $2M. Daniel Sorensen? That would save them about $2.75M…. ????